Airmen and guardians have at least six more months before they can be punished for failing to meet the new body composition standard required in PT tests. New data reveals the lowest-retention jobs for each of the military services About 8,000 jobs in the Department of the Air Force, which includes the Space Force, sat empty as of March 2023, according to Pentagon data. Annual bonus pay programs aim to keep airmen around to blunt the effects of a pilot shortage that has lasted decades. The Air Force plans to formally announce the extension Friday. "Little Red Corvette, shipmate you're much too fast." The Army and Navy want to give more money to pilots whose service is ending, but they're blocked by bureaucracy. The change arrives around a month after the Air Force missed its recruiting target for the first time since 1999. Rand Corp. has added to a growing body of research assessing the impacts of diversity on the military and barriers to its progress. The Air Force is looking to retrain noncommissioned officers into service jobs that are understaffed. Load More